diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index 7cf26280..8983bd63 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export async function getModifiedFiles(execaOptions) {
 export async function add(files, execaOptions) {
   const shell = await execa(
     "git",
-    ["add", "--force", "--ignore-errors", ...files],
+    ["add", "--force", "--ignore-errors", "--", ...files],
     { ...execaOptions, reject: false },
   );
   debug("add file to git index", shell);